sermon 9/2/2012

sermon 9/2/2012

Title: Why the Church Must Lead
Series: A Year of Honor
Speaker: Pastor Eddie Byun

Church is supposed to be doing God.
Sin leads to bondage.

1. This is the mission of God.
- Declare and demonstrate God's love.
- customer (John) is slaved to lust.
- pimp is slaved to money
- women is slaved to guilt.

2. This is the voice of God.
(My interpretation: - Moses in the Old Testament acted on behalf of God. He was the voice of God. And it's my turn to do the same.)

3. This is the image of God.
- Know the characteristic of God => Psalm 146:7... The Lord sets the prisoners free; 8. the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. 9. The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

4. This is the move of God.
- Top 3 God's movements God make around churches around the world (including persecuted churches) are mercy, compassion, and justice.
- Take care of orphans, unborns, prisoners, and single parent?